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Route Reliability

Chicago → FSD

ORDFSD · 462 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to FSD Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
2,578
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines68%1,430 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines65%1,148 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–FSD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–FSD flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 63%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 68% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 65%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–FSD flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(373 flights)
  • Tue69%(356 flights)
  • Wed69%(351 flights)
  • Thu64%(366 flights)
  • Fri65%(364 flights)
  • Sat73%(319 flights)
  • Sun63%(372 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM77%(415 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(373 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(431 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(596 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(433 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(253 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 62% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%200
July 202559%198
August 202571%195
September 202575%189
October 202564%206
November 202569%200
December 202547%208
January 202659%174
February 202675%189
March 202668%227
April 202669%260
May 202678%255

Based on 2,578 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.